The Cleveland Foundation
Partner for Positive Change
Report to the Community 2008
There is no question that the challenges facing Greater Cleveland are deep and complex. No one person or organization can create lasting change alone. But together, we can have a mighty impact.
About the cover Terrell Howard is a sixth-grader who took part in SmART in the City, a summer arts education program for Cleveland students, supported by the foundation and UBS Wealth Management. A budding poet, Terrell wrote this poem during his summer experience. The foundation is committed to fostering the talents of children like Terrell and creating opportunities for them to thrive and grow.
Where I’m From By Terrell Howard
I’m from maple syrup and pancakes on Sunday mornings. I’m from chewing on candy and hating cheese. I’m from Two Beats hip-hop and Rand B making me laugh. I’m from my brother telling me “You should know better” when I talk back to my Mom, and “Anytime” when I tell him “Thank you.” I’m from my grandparents being friends from the time they were kids. I’m from looking like my Uncle James when I get my hair cut short. I’m from wanting to be like my grandfather —the way he loved my dad like a best friend. I’m from wishing I had a remote control so I could delete all the bad things I did.
Contents
2 CEO/Chairman’s Letter 6 CEO Perspective on Global Cleveland 8 Vital Issues 20 Grantmaking Highlights 22 Giving Overview 24 New Gifts 31 Goff Society 34 Legacy Society 38 Financial Summary 40 Board of Directors
At the Cleveland Foundation, we believe partnerships have the power to transform our region’s greatest challenges into our biggest advantages.
Champion for Change since 1914
Mission The mission of the Cleveland
Foundation is to enhance the lives of all residents of Greater Cleveland, now and for generations to come, by building community endowment, addressing needs through grantmaking, and providing leadership on key community issues. History Established in 1914, the
Cleveland Foundation is the world’s first community foundation, the vision of Cleveland banker and lawyer Frederick H. Goff. He wanted to pool the charitable resources of Cleveland’s philanthropists into a single, great, and permanent endowment for the betterment of current and future residents. His revolutionary idea has grown into an organization that has benefited millions of lives over the past 94 years and forever reshaped the way community
members come together to care for one another. Today, the Cleveland Foundation is the third-largest community foundation in America in terms of assets. What is a community foundation? A community
foundation is a charitable organization created by and for a community of people. It is supported by local donors and governed by a board of private citizens who work toward the greater good of the citizens in the community. Funds come from a variety of sources, including bequests and living trusts, and are invested in perpetuity. The earnings on investments are then distributed to worthy organizations or causes. Today, more than 1,000 community foundations exist around the world.
For 2007
• Assets at year-end: $2.2 billion • Total return on endowment investments: 8.36% • Grants authorized: 2,966 • Value of grants authorized: $85 million • New gifts received: $59 million • Operating expenses: $11.1 million • Number of employees: 70 (as of June 1, 2008) Stewardship We are stewards of
donor dollars, ensuring that the wishes of our donors are met. Our diversified investment strategy is guided by our board and our investment advisors.
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awards most grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that support projects and programs that benefit Greater Cleveland’s citizens, meet community needs, and test new ideas. We annually award more than 2,800 grants, ranging from a few hundred dollars to several million dollars. Some two-thirds of our discretionary dollars are directed to areas identified as the community’s greatest needs: economic transformation, including advanced energy and globalization; public education reform; human services, including early child and youth development; neighborhoods and housing; and arts advancement.
Philanthropy The Cleveland Foundation exists because of the extraordinary generosity and vision of our donors. We offer numerous creative and rewarding ways to donate to the community, some with significant tax advantages. Currently, the foundation consists of more than 800 separate funds representing individuals, families, organizations, and corporations. We are the center for charitable investment in the Greater Cleveland community. Partnership and Leadership
The foundation leverages its resources and magnifies its impact on important causes in the community by working in partnership with many organizations. We focus our attention and efforts on vital issues and often serve as collaborator and convener as well as grantmaker.
Ray Petro made his dream of mountain biking year-round in Cleveland a reality by creating Ray’s Mountain Bike Park. Petro came to the Civic Innovation Lab, an affiliate of the Cleveland Foundation, with a desire to maximize his business. Petro has worked with the Lab to create a plan to know his audience and market the park to raise ridership.
The Intergenerational School has received an “excellent” rating on the Ohio State Report Card for four consecutive years. Founded in 2000, the school has classes of multi-age groups based on developmental needs. The foundation is partnering with the school to develop a comprehensive plan to ensure its long-term success.
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Esperanza has been busy serving Cleveland’s growing Hispanic community since 1983 with a variety of programs and social events designed to celebrate academic and social achievement. With foundation support, Esperanza’s Stay in School for College and Career Opportunities (SISCO) program works with students to reduce the dropout rate through tutoring, enrichment, and motivation.
In an unprecedented collaboration, Dr. Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, CEO of the Cleveland Clinic (left), and Thomas Zenty, CEO of University Hospitals, joined together with the foundation and other neighborhood partners to boost not just their respective institutions but the entire neighborhood. Part of this collaboration is Greater Circle Living, a new employer-assisted housing program that provides forgivable loans to eligible employees of local nonprofit institutions.
dear friends When you think of the Cleveland Foundation, what comes to mind? Most people think of us in our role of giving away money to worthy causes. And grantmaking is a critical part of how we carry out our mission to enhance the lives of Greater Clevelanders. But there is more. We’d like to offer you another way to think of us: as the community’s partner. Vital to our mission is our role of collaborator, facilitator, and convener. We work closely with a wide array of organizations – government agencies, nonprofit institutions, businesses, and others – on projects aimed at addressing areas of need or seizing upon opportunities in Greater Cleveland. These partnerships have tremendous power. Indeed, we believe this type of collaboration is the only way to combat the city’s biggest challenges and to bring about real change. It is the only way to achieve Cleveland’s full potential.
We are proud of the partnerships we are involved with that are making a positive difference in Greater Cleveland. • We are working with state government leaders and others to shape public policy and advocate for legislation that will positively affect Cleveland. For example, in association with many partners, we are working to build support for an enlightened education policy and strong advanced energy policies in Ohio.
• We collaborated with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, the Cleveland Teachers’ Union, and the George Gund Foundation on the creation of six new high-performing schools, with two science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) academies on the way.
• We seeded Case Western Reserve University’s creation of the Great Lakes Institute for Energy Innovation. And we partnered with the Great Lakes Science Center and Cleveland Indians to install solar energy panels at their facilities, as part of a demonstration project to promote development of an advanced energy industry here. These ef for ts follow the successful installation of a wind turbine at the science center in 2006.
• We are partnering with myriad community organizations to connect our children and youth to services they need to help them learn and thrive. We are convening city, county, and state organizations to help ex-prisoners who are re-entering the community become productive citizens. And we are working with neighborhood leaders to help end violence on our streets and to provide appropriate support for families in crisis.
• We developed the international relationships that led Germany’s IBC Solar, a dozen Costa Rican companies, and a Costa Rican trade office to locate operations in Cleveland.
• We continue to actively work in the economic development arena with business leaders and organizations, including the Greater Cleveland Partnership, Team NEO, and the ClevelandCuyahoga County Port Authority, to support efforts to attract companies and create jobs.
• We are leading an unprecedented local coalition to realize the tremendous potential of Greater University Circle, extending beyond the city’s cultural epicenter into its half-dozen surrounding urban neighborhoods. Extensive community revitalization and forgivable loans to new homeowners are making this area a highly desirable place to live.
• We’ve established an effective network of resources, such as Project Access and Community Wealth Ventures, that teach business and income-generating skills to faith, arts, and other small nonprofit organizations to help them be viable and grow.
Your Philanthropic Partner In a real sense, we have been in partnership with Greater Clevelanders since our establishment as the world’s first community foundation in 1914. Initially, the foundation was endowed by the wealthiest members of our community. Today, people of all income levels join with us to help fulfill their philanthropic goals. We are careful stewards of the funds entrusted to us. We never forget that we exist because of the incredible generosity of this community and the desire of its citizens to help one another.
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President & Chief Executive Officer
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David Goldberg
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In 2007, our endowment was worth more than $2.2 billion. We received more than $59 million in new gifts. We awarded almost 3,000 grants – for a total of nearly $85 million – to nonprofit organizations and projects throughout the region.
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Our highly professional investment staff and outside advisors have consistently beaten our benchmarks for investment performance, such as the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) index, by a wide margin. In 2007, despite increasingly uncertain economic conditions, our investments yielded an 8.4 percent return, compared with 5.5 percent for the S&P.
Progress on Vital Issues
You will see us lead a more aggressive push for Cleveland’s globalization across all areas of the foundation’s work, from business attraction, to educational standards, to arts and cultural exchanges.
Over the years, we have recognized that we can have great value as a more active partner, one that proactively seeks out other organizations also working to effect change in the areas we consider our community’s greatest needs. We define these vital needs as economic development, education, neighborhood revitalization, human services, and the arts. We can offer assistance to organizations, and we can focus the efforts of varied organizations on common goals. We know how to lead, and we know how to support others’ initiatives; we are equally comfortable in either role.
We also will concentrate on efforts that foster economic inclusion and wealth creation in our neighborhoods. For example, we are collaborating with Greater University Circle leaders to create jobs and build wealth in the neighborhoods. We envision a robust network of environmentally sustainable businesses employing local residents who own an equity stake in the enterprise. The first business, the Evergreen Cooperative Laundry, will launch in early 2009 and will provide high-quality, industrial-scale laundry services to University Circle health care institutions.
We are excited about the progress our partnerships are making to address serious challenges in Greater Cleveland. We invite you to read more about them on the following pages of this report.
Similarly, we will seek creative ways to fortify our work force. Youth and adults alike will be served by quality training and programming at the new Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology. The center, supported by the foundation and Manchester Bidwell Corporation, will offer adult training in medical and office technologies that support local high-growth industries. It also will expose youth to arts programming in areas such as photography and digital arts. The Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District have expressed interest in partnering with the center.
Lasting Commitment As we look to the years ahead, we can promise an ongoing commitment to being the community’s “think tank and do tank” and its “go-to partner.” We believe we can continue to make a significant contribution to Greater Cleveland’s progress by bringing organizations together and supporting efforts to stimulate new thinking and spur positive action. In the coming year, you will see us place more emphasis on programs for our community’s youth. We will be launching our new communitywide Youth Development Initiative to give children ages 6 to 18 and their families access to a wide range of enrichment services and wholesome activities.
A Tribute Jacqueline F. Woods retired from the Cleveland Foundation board of directors in March 2008 after serving 10 years as a member and the past two as its chairperson. “Jackie brought a high level of energy to the Cleveland Foundation,” said President and CEO Ronald Richard. “Under her leadership, we broke new ground in high-impact areas such as international relations and advanced energy.” He described her leadership as bold, focused, and wise.
of SBC/Ameritech in Ohio (now AT&T). She is a senior consultant for Cleveland’s Landau Public Relations and serves as a director of several corporations and area cultural organizations. Richard added, “Her knowledge of state government and her relationships with the business community enabled us to forge effective partnerships to get things done. We are a more impactful organization because of Jackie’s guidance.”
Our Appreciation Our heartfelt thanks go to our staff. They continually amaze us with their insight and understanding of this community and their ability to develop creative and smart solutions. We also extend our gratitude to our board of directors. Our directors provide us with intellectual debate, enthusiastic support, and ultimately wise counsel, as they play an active role in furthering our programs. Special appreciation goes to Jackie Woods, our previous chairperson, and to Benson Lee, who both retired after 10 years of valued service to the foundation. In addition, we wish to thank our elected officials and partner organizations throughout this community. They are as dedicated to Greater Cleveland’s progress as we are, and we are privileged to work with them. Together, we can and will work wonders. Sincerely,
August 2008
A nationally respected business leader, Woods is the retired president
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Realizing the Vision by Ronald B. Richard President and chief executive officer
Imagine a truly global Cleveland: Our children speak two or three languages – such as Chinese, Arabic, Spanish – and spend a year abroad as part of their schooling.
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A significant number of foreign companies – from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Central and South America – are headquartered or have operations here.
excellence necessary to develop and retain a knowledgeable and skilled work force, providing the appropriate supports for our young and old citizens to break out of the cycle of poverty and despair, and creating new jobs that will boost our economy for the long term.
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Cultural and arts organizations are abuzz with international exhibits and artist and artisan exchanges.
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International visitors welcome the opportunity to come here to experience our many top-notch attractions, benefit from our world-class health care, and learn at our exceptional educational institutions. •
Our downtown is a thriving multicultural center, and our neighborhoods are vibrant places that derive strength from diversity.
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Is this vision within our reach? Absolutely. Do we have a long way to go? Yes, we do. How can we get there? The only way to realize the vision of Cleveland as a global center is through a comprehensive, communitywide approach. We need the buy-in and participation of all key community sectors. Above all, we need rigorous follow-through and execution. We all have something to gain. And we can win big if we make this leap effectively. We can succeed if we define and reverse what is keeping us from being a strong and global city: achieving the educational
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A Roadmap to our Global City Some of the important components that must serve as the foundation for a comprehensive approach are already beginning to take shape. Build awareness. People must understand that
becoming a global player is crucial to our future. It takes time to build awareness, but awareness is building rapidly indeed. Community leaders are beginning to acknowledge the issue and resolve to embrace what it will take for Cleveland to change. As a case in point, the foundation has worked hard to increase awareness of the need to nurture an advanced energy industry in Cleveland. Now, many others believe in its value and are throwing their considerable weight behind this goal. Similarly, leaders now understand the necessity of preparing our children to compete in the global economy, and we are working with the business community to help our public school system put in place science, technology, engineering, and mathematics schools that will do just that. We also are striving to enhance awareness of Cleveland around the world. We are bringing our city to the attention of business and government leaders across the globe, with the goal of forming mutually beneficial alliances.
Forge partnerships. The primary vehicle for prog-
ress will be partnerships at all levels of our community. A challenge of this magnitude requires the expanded participation of all community sectors working together. And we are making headway. From our perspective, we’ve seen an upswing in the number of effective partnerships taking place to bring about change. I have the privilege of meeting with all segments of the community, from our state’s highest-level elected officials, to our top corporate leaders, to our neighborhood activists and even youth gang leaders. The foundation collaborates with each of them on a wide range of efforts. Their programs and approaches may be very different, but they all are aiming for the same thing – improving the lives of Greater Clevelanders. The spirit is here – we just need to channel it in the right direction. Focus on public policy. We must not overlook the public policy piece of the puzzle. We can chip away with programs here and there, but unless the foundation to support positive change is solid, we won’t be able to sustain the progress. Our advanced energy efforts offer another telling example. We worked closely with state legislators on Ohio’s new energy bill, which promotes the use of renewable energy sources; without it, we could not reach our goal of encouraging solar and wind energy manufacturers to locate R&D, manufacturing, and sales centers here. Reach out. It is critical that we reach out beyond our own borders. I firmly believe that we can’t save Cleveland within Cleveland. We can’t just hope that things will move in the right direction and that global busi-
nesses and highly educated foreign nationals will be drawn to us. We must go out into the world and make the case for Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. And when we spark their interest, we must be able to move quickly to put deals together and make these opportunities become realities. For example, the foundation is actively engaged in international business attraction. And we have seen a great deal of enthusiasm from foreign companies and nations about the many advantages that Cleveland has to offer, including our freshwater port, our close proximity to more than half of the American population, and our world-famous cultural and medical institutions. We also must look outward to learn from other cities that are leading innovation on major issues, such as environmental advancement and creation of greencollar jobs. We can learn valuable lessons and best practices from others that will put us further ahead toward realizing our vision.
taking the First Steps Certainly, we have a long way to go and a lot of work to do. But we are more than up to the task. We have all the natural and human resources we need to succeed in a global economy. As the Chinese like to say, “A thousand-mile journey begins with a first step.” We have taken that first step, and we will not rest until we finish the journey to Greater Cleveland’s complete transformation to a global green city on a blue lake.
At the Cleveland Foundation, we are committed to doing our part — to lead when necessary and to support where beneficial— to make global Cleveland a reality.
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“We are all connected in Northeast Ohio. Case Western Reserve University’s success benefits the region, just as the region’s advancements help us. The foundation has been an invaluable partner on many exciting new developments at Case, in Greater University Circle, and beyond.”
Partner for Positive Change in Greater Cleveland
The Cleveland Foundation has been active in Greater Cleveland for more than 90 years, seeking solutions to the community’s most important needs. We’ve awarded more than $1 billion over the years to various organizations, large and small, with the promise to better the lives of people in our community. Today, however, we know that Cleveland’s greatest challenges call for more. More resources. More solutions. More involvement. They require a concerted effort from the region’s key leaders – in government, nonprofit, corporate, and other arenas – working together to create the bold change necessary for Cleveland to thrive. After all, it is our collective responsibility to make our community stronger. Greater Cleveland is home to many effective and creative organizations. The Cleveland Foundation is
privileged to be able to draw them together and set significant change in motion. Under the leadership of Robert Eckardt, our senior vice president for programs and evaluation, we have taken our partnerships with fellow organizations to new heights in the quest for positive change. From the governor’s mansion to the streets of inner-city Cleveland, they are standing with us. Here are highlights of the progress these partnerships are making in each of the areas critical to our future. Energizing Our Economy
The foundation has clearly been a catalyst for increasing awareness of the potential that an advanced energy industry presents for Greater Cleveland. On the heels of our early grantmaking and direct involvement, others now are actively taking up the mantle of advanced energy, bringing Greater Cleveland another
Introducing Uptown, the new arts, retail, and residential district to be developed on the campus of Case Western Reserve University on Euclid Avenue. The $150 million project will consist of more than 300 residential units, restaurants, cafés, and retail stores. The foundation gave $1 million to set the project in motion, and
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another $1 million to help build a new home for the Museum of Contemporary Art, anchoring the district.
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step closer to becoming a major player in this burgeoning industry. Most notably, we are actively working to make Cleveland a hub for wind manufacturing, which is a large near-term opportunity.
“When it comes to building an advanced energy industry in Ohio, the Cleveland Foundation has been a true catalyst.”
A grant to WIRE-Net, a manufacturing advocacy group on Cleveland’s West Side, is allowing its Great Lakes Wind Network to educate our region’s manufacturing community about the growth potential in serving the wind industry. The wind network is a trade group of companies that manufacture wind turbine components. A number of companies have responded by making investments and hiring additional workers. The foundation has worked closely with Team NEO and the Ohio Department of Development to encourage wind manufacturers from Europe to establish factories in Ohio to serve the growing U.S. wind marketplace. A longer-term vision is to link Cleveland’s wind manufacturing activity with our region’s biggest natural resource, Lake Erie. Several funding partners have joined us in sponsoring a public-private regional energy task force to investigate the potential for developing the Great Lakes Wind Energy Center, which would include an offshore wind farm and a research center. Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cuyahoga County, the City of Cleveland, the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, and the Fund for Our Economic Future have all played a significant role in this important initiative. We are also supporting academic work in this field. With a $3.6 million foundation grant, CWRU launched the Great Lakes Institute of Energy Innovation in its
School of Engineering. Through the institute, CWRU is aiming to refocus some of its considerable engineering strength on advanced energy research. Additionally, we have supported Greater Ohio, Environment Ohio, and the Ohio Environmental Council in our effort to build a network of effective partners to press for better advanced energy policies that will facilitate the growth of this industry. Our BP Fellow for Energy and Environmental Advancement Richard Stuebi actively supported the adoption of an advanced portfolio standard, which called for a portion of our state’s electricity supply to come from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power. Thanks in part to these partners, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and key Ohio House leaders were able to pass a new energy bill in early May that requires 25 percent of the state’s electricity supply in 2025 to come from advanced energy sources. The bill represents another major step forward for Ohio by creating a substantial market for advanced energy technologies and businesses. going Global in Cleveland
By preparing our region to be a leader in advanced energy and high-tech industries, we give ourselves another way to help Greater Cleveland compete in global markets. 2007 marked our first year with our Director of International Relations Jorge Delgado, and with his expertise we already have made significant strides to develop international connections and partnerships that will help our region grow.
In 2007, the Great Lakes Science Center built on its commitment to advanced energy with the help
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of the foundation and installed a 300-foot array of solar panels at its entrance. It generates enough power to light more than 65,000 square feet of exhibition space, or the equivalent of four Ohio homes.
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For instance, IBC Solar, a top German manufacturer of solar energy components, selected Cleveland as the site of its U.S. headquarters. The decision followed visits with foundation staff, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, and high-level representatives from the offices of Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Sen. Sherrod Brown, and Sen. George Voinovich. In addition, a dozen Costa Rican companies have agreed to distribute their U.S. exports to the Midwest through Cleveland under a new trade arrangement brokered through foundation staff, Cleveland city officials, and the ClevelandCuyahoga County Port Authority. Costa Rican officials will also open Midwest trade headquarters here.
Nationally, the Ford Foundation and the Arts Education Partnership, a bipartisan think tank, have included Cleveland in their efforts on this issue. Now in its second year, our SmART in the City program, supported by the international financial corporation UBS Wealth Management, gives students a chance to explore their creativity while using the arts to sharpen their academic skills. Hundreds of fifth- and sixth-grade students from Cleveland schools spend the summer learning to dance, act, paint, write plays, play an instrument, and more, with guidance from more than 50 experienced teaching artists. Eight neighborhood schools, churches, and community centers serve as venues for SmART in the City.
The Cleveland Foundation will continue its efforts to spark international interest in Cleveland as a favorable location and to assist area companies and organizations in developing international ties that help bolster our economy.
Over the past year, we’ve shaped an exciting global culture initiative called Creative Fusion, a program that will work with Cleveland area nonprofits to bring accomplished world artists to Cleveland for extended residencies. Through this initiative, we can further support Cleveland’s emergence as a global city.
Advancing the Arts
Because we believe the arts are a critical component of a vibrant and healthy community, we are working to strengthen existing arts organizations and expand the reach of the arts to the entire community. The foundation has collaborated with both local and state arts organizations to keep the arts front and center in Ohio. Studies continually show that students involved with the arts perform better in other academic areas, which is why we work to integrate an arts curriculum more fully in public education. Locally, we have joined with the George Gund Foundation to fund and advise an arts education plan for the Cleveland schools.
Keeping with our international efforts, Kathleen Cerveny, program director for arts and culture, is part of a contingent of Clevelanders participating in an exchange program with Turkey, sponsored by the U.S. State Department. The program is training Turkish artists and educators in the techniques used by U.S. arts organizations to work with at-risk youth. Representatives from Young Audiences, Cleveland Public Theatre, and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District are also part of this important program.
“Strong partnerships are the way to prosperity in Greater Cleveland. In the important areas of economic growth, education, arts and culture, and quality of life, the foundation is this community’s go-to partner.”
Through these initiatives, the Cleveland Foundation and its partners are ensuring that the arts continue to play a leading role in Cleveland’s future.
The Detroit-Shoreway Community Development Center has joined with two other arts organizations to create a booming arts district on Cleveland’s West Side. The Gordon Square Arts district will house the Cleveland Public Theatre, Near West Theatre, and the soon-to-be-renovated Capitol Theatre. Supporters estimate the new district will infuse more than $300 million in the surrounding community.
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Revitalizing Our Neighborhoods
In the face of a transitioning economy, Cleveland’s neighborhoods are struggling to compete for residents, businesses, and investments. Recognizing this challenge, the Cleveland Foundation has developed many strong partnerships that are critical to making Cleveland a premier place to live, work, play, and visit. One of our most prominent neighborhoods, University Circle, carries the distinction of having one of the largest concentrations of arts, education, and health care institutions in the country. More than $2 billion in projects have been built or started since 2000. To stimulate reinvestment in this area and beyond, the foundation has led a coalition of some two dozen philanthropic, public, and private partners in an ambitious strategy in “Greater University Circle,” extending the area to include portions of Cleveland’s Fairfax, Glenville, Hough, Little Italy, and Buckeye-Shaker neighborhoods, as well as portions of East Cleveland. For the past three years, India Pierce Lee, program director for neighborhoods and housing, and Lillian Kuri, director of special projects, have worked together to promote the benefits of the partnership. Our Greater University Circle initiative has been able to deliver unprecedented results. A telling example is the agreement among multiple partners to invest $4 million in a joint employer-assisted housing program launched in May 2008. The partners include Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Judson at
University Circle, the Kent Smith Charitable Trust, the Surdna Foundation, the Cleveland Museum of Art, University Circle Inc., and the Cleveland Foundation. This program, administered through Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp., provides forgivable home loans to employees of participating Greater University Circle institutions and area nonprofits who buy, renovate, or rent homes in the area. Another example of the power of partnerships is the combined commitment of $26 million to begin construction of three major infrastructure projects considered essential to smoothing out the area’s notorious traffic problems. These involve reconstructing the traffic circle at East 105th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, building a new transit station at East 120th Street and Mayfield Road, and reconstructing the transit station at Cedar Hill. Our partners in this effort are University Hospitals, Cleveland Clinic, CWRU, Regional Transit Authority, City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Engineer, and Holden Parks Trust. Construction is set to begin in 2009.
“No one knows better than I do how immensely helpful the Cleveland Foundation has been in our recent efforts to become a global city.”
We also are involved in another major revitalization effort, carried out in collaboration with the George Gund Foundation and Neighborhood Progress Inc., to help in the recovery of six Cleveland neighborhoods by investing $4.2 million in community development corporations. It has become a national model for neighborhood improvement. Funds are earmarked for development in neighborhoods with residential and economic growth potential.
Globalization is an emerging area of focus for the foundation, as well as for the city. Over the past year, foundation staff members have worked with city officials and the ClevelandCuyahoga County Port Authority to promote Cleveland to international businesses. Here, Mayor Frank Jackson visits with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez at the president’s home in the capital city of San José.
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Improving Education
“The foundation has been a tremendous partner in helping us create six new-concept schools so far, with more to come.”
Enhancing education – in both attainment levels and quality – is critical for citizens of our community to be successful in all aspects of their lives. We are pursuing a two-pronged focus: excellent schools that prepare our students to compete in the 21st century, and state policy that provides every student with access to a quality education. We have been working hard to secure both for the next generations of students. The Cleveland and George Gund foundations adopted a joint strategy in June 2006 to support the scaled-up development of new high-quality, innovative schools in partnership with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and the Cleveland Teachers’ Union. To date, six new schools have opened, including the Ginn Academy, a high school for at-risk boys; the Cleveland School of Science and Medicine on the John Hay campus; and four prekindergarten through eighth grade single-gender academies (two for girls and two for boys). Two new science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) high schools are opening this fall. To ensure these schools are successful, we helped fund the Office of New and Innovative Schools within the district to develop and manage the new schools. In addition, the new teachers’ union contract provides these schools with hiring autonomy and separately negotiated work rules tailored to meet the needs of each school. Helen Williams,
program director for education, has provided extensive advisory support to the district as it begins the next phase of its turnaround. In addition to championing new schools, we also applaud excellent existing schools. In April, the foundation, in partnership with the Gund Foundation and New York-based Institute for Student Achievement, released a study highlighting 13 Cleveland schools – public, private, parochial, and charter – where students are excelling in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. The report contains lessons for all schools and can be found on our website. We know that educational attainment is a key factor affecting poverty levels. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, the earnings gap between the more and less educated has been growing wider since 1960. Creating an educational system in which students can thrive academically is perhaps the most important necessity for the long-term economic and social health of our region. helping people in need
Children, youth, families, and individuals who are at risk, in crisis, or in need of new skills and opportunities require a range of services to help them meet their challenges. Partnerships have been a cornerstone in providing this assistance. Consider our Youth Development Initiative (YDI). We are mobilizing more than 150 leaders from
The foundation was an early supporter of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s plan to create “schools of choice.” As part of the initiative,
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John Hay High School has been transformed into a three-school campus, and it recently received the highest rating of “excellent” on Ohio’s report card. The Cleveland School of Science and Medicine, Cleveland School of Architecture and Design, and Cleveland Early College High School are all housed in this beautifully restored building in University Circle.
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organizations throughout the community that serve children ages 6 to 18. The initiative will coordinate all youth services, including school transitions, out-ofschool activities and summer job programs. Lisa Bottoms, program director for human services and child and youth development, has been assuring that the initiative gets off to a strong start. Behind the scenes, she and others are working to fix the disconnects, so that youth get access to the services they need to become good citizens. YDI is a continuation of Cleveland’s successful early childhood initiative, Invest in Children. For young children from birth to age 5, this program coordinates multiple public agencies, community nonprofits, and funders to act as a support system for our youngest citizens. Since it began in 1999, more than 75 percent of children born in Cuyahoga County have benefited from at least one of its services, which include home visits from registered nurses and lead poisoning prevention. Prisoner re-entry is another emerging area of focus for the foundation, as more than 7,000 men and women return home each year to our community. Partnering with the State of Ohio, the George Gund Foundation, Cuyahoga County, the City of Cleveland, and community and faith groups, we are in favor of a comprehensive system to provide former prisoners with the tools and support they need to become involved, productive citizens. In this way, we are helping a population that has long been ignored.
Our Project Access program provides business training to small community and faith organizations that serve our inner-city neighborhoods. Workshops include sessions on board management, proposal writing, and budget development. Project Access has assisted more than 80 organizations in the last two years, with the majority of participants reporting significant improvement in how their nonprofits function and thrive. A community is only as strong as its citizens, and the foundation remains dedicated to creating and supporting programs that lift up Greater Clevelanders. building a brighter future WITH PARTNERS
At the Cleveland Foundation, we are convinced that these and other partnerships are making a valuable, positive impact, and they are the key to improving our community’s future. They are helping build stronger connections between the many public, private, and nonprofit organizations that call Greater Cleveland home. These partnerships generate the added benefits of bolstering our shared confidence, strengthening our resolve, and creating bigger and brighter ideas to keep Greater Cleveland moving forward. Much has been accomplished; much more remains to be done. Together.
“The mission of Peace in the Hood is to persuade kids not to join gangs and to teach them to solve their problems without resorting to violence. The Cleveland Foundation cares deeply about our kids and their futures and has been a wonderful partner in this important, life-saving work.”
The Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute provides artbased activities for low-income children in the Hough neighborhood. The after-school program offers homework help, food, and activities for 30 students. On Saturdays, the center is swarming with more than 200 children taking lessons in everything from drama to Capoeira, a rhythmic martial arts form. The arts curriculum is integrated with math and English to give students
Khalid Samad
community activist
a chance to reinforce those skills.
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grantmaking 2007 highlights
The Cleveland Foundation authorized nearly 3,000 grants during the year. Following are just a few highlights. A complete listing can be found at www.clevelandfoundation.org. Neighborhoods and Housing Neighborhood Progress Inc. $4.2 million for its operations and those of 14 to 16 community development corporations in Cleveland Case Western Reserve University $1 million to help seed development of Uptown, the new arts, retail, and residential district in University Circle Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp. $1 million for the forgivable loan housing assistance program in Greater University Circle
Burten, Bell, Carr Development $132,000 for the Bridgeport Place commercial development project
Ohio Grantmakers Forum $90,000 to support the second phase of the work of the State Education Task Force
Civic Innovation Lab gave a total of $270,000 to nine local entrepreneurs. The Lab, a Cleveland Foundation affiliate, fuels innovation by providing mentoring and funding of up to $30,000 for ideas that can improve the Greater Cleveland economy.
Intergenerational School $45,000 to develop a comprehensive operations plan
Economic Development Public Education Reform
MidTown Cleveland $750,000 for land development of Chester and Carnegie avenues from East 55th to East 79th streets
Cleveland Metropolitan School District $500,000 for creation of an Office of New and Innovative Schools
Downtown Cleveland Alliance $450,000 to support up to five priority initiatives for enhancing downtown Cleveland as a location to live, work, and visit
Community Renewal Society for Urban School News $370,000 for expanding Catalyst magazine from a local to a statewide publication, covering improvements in all urban school districts throughout the state
University Circle Inc. $200,000 for Living in the Circle, its strategic initiatives for housing, retail, and safety Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Charities Fund $150,000 toward construction of splash parks at Olde Cedar and Outhwaite housing developments
Fund for Our Economic Future $4 million for fifth-year support of this collaboration of foundations dedicated to growing the region’s economy Case Western Reserve University $3.6 million for creation of the Great Lakes Institute for Energy Innovation Great Lakes Science Center $200,000 for planning, construction, and installation of the Solar Energy Project
Cleveland Metropolitan School District $300,000 for planning and design of new “opportunity schools” in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Cleveland Botanical Garden $150,000 for expansion of the Green Corps Urban Youth Program, exposing inner-city youth to careers in horticulture, while teaching entrepreneurial skills
Ohio Business Alliance for Higher Education and the Economy $125,000 for continuation of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) advocacy and policy work
Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion Network (WIRE-Net) $100,000 for its wind energy manufacturing initiative
Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education $100,000 for implementation of its strategic plan
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Progress with Chess $12,000 for the Cleveland public school chess program
Green Energy Ohio $49,500 for solar panel installation and educational programming at Progressive Field
Neighborhood Connections made 185 grants totaling $670,000 to groups of Cleveland residents doing good works in their neighborhoods. An affiliate program of the Cleveland Foundation, Neighborhood Connections offers small grants of $500 to $5,000 to these grassroots groups, which are not required to be 501(c)(3) organizations.
Arts and Culture Musical Arts Association $1.5 million for the Cleveland Orchestra’s turnaround plan and sustaining support Great Lakes Theater Festival $750,000 for the renovation of the Hanna Theatre Detroit-Shoreway Community Development Center $500,000 for the Capitol Theatre renovation Community Partnership for Arts and Culture $300,000 to assist with operations and activities in 2007-2008 Cleveland Foundation for SmART in the City $150,000 for the summer arts education program for Cleveland students
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology $125,000 for the 2007 Ingenuity Festival Cleveland Film Society $85,000 for operating support and growth management plan
MetroHealth Foundation $103,775 for a data-sharing network at its senior wellness center Scenarios USA $100,000 for a scriptwriting and filmmaking program for Cuyahoga County students to encourage making good life decisions and healthy choices
HEALTH AND Human Services Catholic Charities Services Corp. $500,000 for new intensive treatment centers at Parmadale for adolescents with severe behavioral and developmental difficulties Achievement Centers for Children $300,000 for land acquisition for Camp Cheerful for children with physical, medical, developmental, and neurological disabilities Starting Point $250,000 to establish out-of-schooltime services for at-risk youth in Cuyahoga County
Fairhill Center for Aging $97,000 for its teen leadership development program Esperanza $70,000 for youth programming and costs to relocate to a facility in the heart of Cleveland’s Hispanic community Hispanic Roundtable Community Programs $41,000 for Convención 2007, a community forum for the Hispanic community
City of Cleveland $200,000 to the Department of Public Health for its “Making Greater Cleveland Lead-Safe” campaign Community Assessment and Treatment Services $200,000 for a residential building for female ex-offenders
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie appeared in Cleveland to receive the coveted Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for 2007 for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun. Ceremonies for this national book prize, honoring writers who contribute to our appreciation of diversity, are conducted annually in Cleveland by the foundation. Other 2007 winners were Martha Collins for Blue Front, Scott Reynolds Nelson for Steel Drivin’ Man, The Untold Story of an American Legend, and Taylor Branch for lifetime achievement.
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Giving through the Cleveland Foundation Our commitment to enhancing the lives of all residents of Greater Cleveland begins with our donors. Together we share the common desire to make our community a better place. From the foundation’s beginning, donors have played a critical role in local philanthropy. In the early days, gifts through wills and trusts provided the foundation with much-needed endowment funds. Many of those same funds make it possible for the foundation to address the vital issues described in this report to the community.
Today, individuals, families, corporations, and nonprofit organizations use a variety of charitable gifting and fund options to partner with the foundation. Last year, we received contributions of more than $59 million from donors who care deeply about this region. We are privileged to serve as their – and your – philanthropic partner.
We are equally pleased that donor-advised funds recommended grants of more than $9.5 million to address a variety of community issues, ranging from improving literacy to encouraging environmental sustainability to preventing youth violence. Our supporting organization partners also authorized grants of more than $1.5 million to nonprofit organizations. We know that our partnerships make a difference in the quality of life for Greater Clevelanders.
Caprice H. Bragg Vice President for Gift Planning and Donor Relations
After a three-year renovation, the Cleveland Museum of Art reopened to the public this year. The opening marked the completion of the first phase of a $350 million expansion and renovation aimed at transforming the museum. The foundation has been an avid supporter of the museum throughout the years.
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“We offer the foundation our continuous support because of its unselfish commitment to the Greater Cleveland community and its stellar history of performance.”
Lytle and Johnnie Davis donors
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2007 New Gifts
The Cleveland Foundation deeply appreciates the contributions of each one of our donors. Our emphasis on partnership would not be complete without recognizing their generosity, which makes all of our work in the community possible.
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Black Professionals Association
Central New York Community
John and Lynne Cochran
Shirley D. Culbertson
Helen E.* and Robert L.* Burns
Helen C. Cole Charitable Trust
Curtiss Family
Jean Busa
Champion Christian Church
Daniel J. Coley
Philanthropic Fund of the
Charles N. Bush, Ph.D.
Daisy Morton Chandler
Communication Workers of
Jewish Community
Hollie M. Bush*
Change for Charity – Legacy Village
Federation of Cleveland
James N. Butler
Charter One Foundation
Community Foundation of
Cuyahoga County
Benjamin A. Bykowski
Gerald B. Chattman
Richard J. Byrne
Michael J. Cheselka Jr.
Community Foundation of
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Craig P. Christ
Estate of Helen E. Burns
Charitable Foundation
Anonymous (31)
B&B Brothers Enterprises
Cecil Blanchard
Charles E. Adams Trust
John and Sallie Bailey
Arthur and Stephanie Blank
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Foundation
America Greater Atlanta Greater Memphis
M. Jane Christyson
Community Foundation for
C&S Engineers
Debra Chwast
Cadiz High School Alumni
Julius Ciaccia Jr.
Community Foundation for
Ciber
Frank and Janet Caldwell
James Cihlar
Community Foundation of
Robert and Martha Caldwell
Cipar
Association Scholarship Fund
Greater New Haven Monterey County Northern Illinois
Jonathan Adams and
Baker & Hostetler
Paul Blumberg & Associates
Janice Baltimore
Cheryl J. Bobo
Calfee, Halter & Griswold
Mary E. Cipu
David P. Condit
Constance C. Clarke-Jefferson
Tracy L. Conn
Pam Conover
Commissioners Board Association
D Cypress Corp.
Dade Community Foundation Pete G. D’Agostino Glen and Cathryn Danahey Edward J. Davis
John and Pamela Addison
Reka Barabas
Diane Bognar
Margaret Callander
Lytle and Johnnie Davis
Stanley I. and Hope S. Adelstein
Geoffrey and Maryann Barnes
Charles P. Bolton
Anna S. Callender
Thomas and Grace Clawson
Bart J. Connelly
Floyd A. and Gladys I. Day
Cliff Clay
Contract Marketing
Philanthropic Fund
Michael Barnhart
Alexandria J. Boone
Albert Caminati Trust
of the Jewish Community
G. Allen and Jean S. Barth
Susanna R. Botos
Robert M. and Lois B. Campana
Clear Channel Outdoor
James P. Conway, Esq.
Marshall and Kathy Day
Hanna H. Bartlett
Timothy and Julie Bowens
Cleveland Browns Football Co.
Blanche and Kenneth Cooley
Barbara J. Decker Irrevocable
Battle Creek Community
Christopher Brabander
Cargill
Cleveland Cavaliers
Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis
Brenda Branch
Margaret Carlson and
Cleveland Clinic
Cynthia C. Costello
Patrick J. Dejelo
Brandon Family Foundation
Cleveland Construction
Gerald F. Costello
James Demarchi
Cleveland Foodbank
Linda Costello
Patricia A. Deno
Federation of Cleveland
Richard B. Ainsworth Jr. Karla Alexander-Glenn
Allied Corps.
Stephen and Robin Baum
Foundation
Foundation
Carlton Jones
Family Foundation
Trust
John and Adrienne Allotta
Eugene P. Baxendale
Christopher Brandt, M.D. and
Janet Carnall
Almenar Family
Glenn and Nicole Bebie
John J. Carney
Cleveland Indians Baseball Co.
Eugene and Dorothy Coursen
Denver Foundation
Cleveland Industrial Warehouse
Magdalena Covas
Thomas DeSantis
Beth Brandt Sersig, M.D.
American Orff-Schulwerk
Bedford Historical Society
Bridge Partners
Matthew P. Carroll
Marilyn Bedol
Mary and Jim Bright
Robert Carroll and Lynne Sargent
Covenant Lodge #59
Caroline H. DesPrez
Cleveland Metroparks System
Ensign and Lana Cowell
Andrew C. Dickey
Association
Corp.
American Sokol
Anthony and Donna-Lee Bella
Peter Brodhead
Mary C. Carter
Todd and Mary Amsdell
Benefit Enrollment Services
Jack and Wilda Bronson
Vicky Cartwright
Cleveland Public Theatre
Marc and Jana Crosby
Digioia-Suburban Excavating
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
Crossroads: Lake County
Alan P. Digirolamo
Stacey Anania
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan
Arthur V.N. Brooks
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Gregory L. Anderson
Sandra F. Brooks
Central Indiana Community
Cleveland Social Venture Partners
Cleveland West Road Runner Club
CTL Engineering
& Aronoff
Dr. James S. Anderson
Michael Benza & Associates
Brown and Caldwell
Mark E. Angel
BER Holdings
Brown Jordan Family
Robert Angiocchi
Richard and Carole Bergman
Darnell Brown
Antioch Baptist Church
Jeffrey H. Berlin
Jeanette Grasselli Brown
Dr. Albert C. Antoine
Jack H. and Barbara W. Berman
Mary Lou Brown
Mary Jane Apple
Philanthropic Fund
Stephen R. Brown
Lois Applegate
of the Jewish Community
Cassandra Brown-Collier
Arcadis
Federation of Cleveland
Lynn M. Bruneau
Foundation
Adolescent Counseling Service
Celebrating its 30th year, the Treu-Mart Fund is a supporting organ-
Kenneth Argie
Paul and Christine Berne
Bryant & Stratton
ization of both the Cleveland Foundation and the Jewish Community
Elizabeth Rieley Armington
Estate of Richard C. Bernheimer
Buckeye Browns Backers
Federation. Partnership has always been an elemental theme of the
fund, and the foundation’s countywide Youth Development Initiative
Saundra and James Berry
Buckingham, Doolittle &
Armstrong Group of Cos.
Elva R. Bevington
Keith A. Ashmus
Bible Way Church
Doris K. Bullock
Theodore and Dona Ashton
William Binggeli
David and Charlotte Burgin
Aurora Schools Foundation
Charles Bixler
John and Marcia Burke
AVI Foodsystems
B.K. Electric
John and Dorcas Burlingame
Charitable Trust
Burroughs – Cleveland
Dimora Boosters Committee *Deceased
is currently among its priorities. art treuhaft
donor, treu-mart fund
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Dix & Eaton
Emmons Charitable Trust
Ryan D. Fioritto
Morris and Jill Dixon
Curtis C. English
FirstEnergy Corp.
DLZ Ohio
Environmental Resources
Dean and Kiri Fisher
Albert and Norma Geller
Dr. Carl F. Doershuk
Edward and Earline Fisher
Gina L. Gibney
Dominion East Ohio
Morton and Natalie Epstein
George and Judy Flamik
Gilmour Academy
Sean and Heather Donovan
Equity Lodge #121
Richard Fleishman & Partners
Girl Scouts of Lake Erie Council
Mark and Fran Doris
Constance Erhard
Jeffrey M. Glebocki
Robert and Jane Dorn
Ann C. and Richard L. Ernst
Samuella and Chester Foney
Glick Family Foundation
Nicole Dorsky
Pamela R. Esch
Philip Forrest
Robert and JoAnn Glick
George Downing
Dr. Larry Eskridge
David and Julie Forte
Ted and Nancy Goble
Molly B. Downing
Betty A. Essi
Janis Foster
Anil and Prema Gogate
David L. Drechsler
Heather and Jeffrey Ettinger
Linda Fouts
Jeffrey Dross and
Euthenics
Rosalind Franklin
Marsha B. Everett
Adam and Sheryl Fried
Michele Ladouceur
Dunkin Brands Adfund
Administrator
James and Renee Dunn David W. Dunning Joanne Frances Durante
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Paul A. Dzenitis
Management
Architects
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James and Jacqueline Guhde
Dale and Kathleen Hlavin
Dr. Nancy Kurfess Johnson
George Gund Foundation
HNTB Corp.
Alma R. Jones
William and Phil Gunton
Jody Hobson Design
David and Bonnie Jones
John Kosek
Mark and Kathleen Hodson
Jerry W. Jones III
Raymond F. Kress
Douglas R. Hoffman
Friends of Peter Lawson Jones
KS Associates
James and Shelly Haas
Jean C. Hogan
Shameka L. Jones
Donald and Regina Kupecky
Karen W. Haas
Holden Family
Sondra S. Jones
Lisa A. Kwon
Haber Polk
Margaret B. Holland
Kenneth and Kathleen Haber
Ronald and Freddie Holman
Robert Hager and Mary Miralia
Holmes-Liberty Class of 1940
Mark A. Hale
Harry and Sandra Holmes
Mark and Jill Golnick
Half Price Books Community
Pamela Marshall Holmes
Viola Gomer
Shelby Holmes
Donald J. Goodman Trust
Drs. Howard R. and
George and Bert Holt
Kristyn Gorton
Kenneth and Margaret Hopkins
Anne Geggie and Stephanie Snyder
H Services Jeanie M. Hall
Russell H. Lamb Tom H. Lang
Karen Kannenberg
Harold and Susan LaPine
Katherine I. Kanzinger
Marcia W. LaRiche Trust
Ira and Amy Kaplan
Charles Laurie
Kappa Sigma Fraternity –
David E. Laves
Incarnate Word Foundation
David and Helen Lazar
Independence Excavating
Kevin Kasday
William B. Leahy
Katherine M. Ingersoll
James Kastelic
Benson P. and Vicki P. Lee
International Partners
Stephen and Judith Kauffman
Raymond Lesser
Hamilton Community
Tanisha L. Hughes
Jean E. Fairfax
Eric Galvez
Great Lakes Construction Co.
Barbara and Thomas Hamilton
Ann Fairhurst
Ranelle A. Gamble
Greater Cedar Rapids
Cecelia T. Hamilton Michelle C. Han
Foundation
Faith Cumberland Presbyterian
Donald and Yolanda Games
East Bay Community
Bernard T. Garrah
Marjorie Greenfield and
Ambassador Holsey Gates
Church
Community Foundation
Lake County Historical Society
Thomas and Jane Kane
Gary and Barbara Hughes
Betty Jane Lahman
Adio S. Kamoru
Thomas E. Hopkins
Cleveland, Ohio
Harold and Josephine Lamb
John and Patricia Halloran
Theodora Graham
William C. and
Lake View Cemetery Foundation
Stephen and Linda Halliday
Adam D. Jutte
Patricia L. Kalbac
GradsNet Foundation of
Eileen T. Gallagher
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Adrienne J. Gosselin
Galen Foundation
L K William R. Joseph, Esq.
Lake View Cemetery Association
Robert Gale III and Cathy Gale
Development Corp.
Sandra Kiely Kolb
Ted and Sharon Kaczmarowski
Fairfax Renaissance
Betty H. Fairfax
Martin Kolb and
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Ann Mitchell Hunter
Southern Florida District
Charles and Paula Farrell
Michael J. Garvin, Esq.
East End Neighborhood House
Jean A. Faubel Trust
Leah S. Gary
Geofrey J. and
Cheryl Hargrove
Eaton Charitable Fund
Feel-Good Friday Fundraiser
Paul and Jane Gaydos
Millie Harnocz
Timothy and Karen Keane
Rich M. Levenson
Dolores P. Eaton
Bruce and Paula Feher
GE Foundation
Greenwood Area Chamber
Drs. Harper and Gilmore
Invacare Corp.
Pamela B. Keefe
Howard and Susan Levine
Bob and Ginny Eckardt
Ferro Foundation
Marian Geater Charitable Trust
Nancy M. Harris
Iowa West Foundation
Joseph P. and Nancy F. Keithley
Philanthropic Fund
Norman Edwards
Jennifer L. Fewell
Geauga County Historical
Floyd J. Greer Jr.
Rosa Harris
Irish American Archives Society
of the Jewish Community
Elite Contracting &
Vin and Ruth Fiordalis
Gries Family Foundation
Maxine O. Hartenburg
Florence C. Irving Trust
Patricia Kelley
Federation of Cleveland
Charitable Gift Account of
Geauga Park District
Marlene Gross
William and Constance Hawke
ISG Cleveland
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Marcia and Harold Levine
Dr. Myrna Elliott-Lewis
Schwab Charitable Fund
Grossi Family Foundation
Hawken School
Italian -American Women’s Club
Barbara Kelsey
Philanthropic Fund
Kevin J. Ellison
Fiorilli Construction Co.
*Deceased
Lois C. Hawn
Kepich Motor Services
of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
Foundation
Construction Co.
Society
Anthony Post Helen B. Greenleaf of Commerce
Handyside
in Mission
Foundation
John and Karen Kirk
Linn Family
have been participating in Progress with Chess, a
Maurice and Frances Heller
J
Louise V. Jackson
Jeannette R. Kirkham
Archie and Carole Litt
school-day program that teaches them the rules
Timothy and Tracie Henderson
Marsha Y. Jackson
Charitable Remainder
Carol E. Lock
of the game. Advocates say chess teaches the value
Hermes Sports & Events
Jacobs Family Foundation
Annuity Trust
William Stephen Lockett Sr.
of hard work, objectivity, and good decision-making.
Patricia and John Herrington
Jacobsen/Danielson Associates
Stuart and Terri Kline
Vonda M. Logan
Alan and Diane Herstrum
Jaguar Club of Ohio
Robert J. Klonk
Stanley Lojek
Martha E. Hickox
Mark A. Jamgochian
Gilles and Malvina Klopman
Hope S. Lomas
High Temperature Systems
Jerry and Martha Jarrett
Paul S. Klug
Long Island American Orff-
Albert and Beverly Higley
Raymond and
Brian Koch
Anne and Thomas Hilbert
Michael and Kay Hinderliter
Martha Holden Jennings
Dr. Robert Hinkle
Foundation
A. George and Janice Hawwa O. Frederick Heider Heights Parent Center
Checkmate! Since 2001, Cleveland-area children
A grant from the foundation supports Progress with Chess, which serves students at more than 35 schools and recreation centers.
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Heights Parent Center Board
of Trustees
Key Foundation
Mayor Frank Jackson Youth
Jennifer Kiener
Virginia M. Lindseth
King Solomon Lodge No. 87
Linking Employment Abilities
Gregory D. Jackson
Initiative Fund
Stephanie S. Kinsman
Katherine L. Jackson
Jacquelyn Jefferson
Robert and Betty Koch
& Potential
Schulwerk Association
*Deceased
Kokosing Construction Co.
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H. Ross Lowenstein and
Gordon and Carol Manning
McMullan Realty
Marie Gustavsson-Monago
City of Orlando
Precision Environmental Co.
Reminger & Reminger
Linda M. Neiheiser, Ph.D.
Anclaire S. Oscar
Presbyterian Committee on the
Republic Waste Services
Nelson Mullins Riley &
James B. Oswald Co.
Walter L. Oswald
John and Norine Prim
Prince Hall Scholarship
J. Rice
Hewitt and Edith Richardson
Irwin Lowenstein
James Manuel
Ellen McPeake
Philanthropic Fund
Richard and Connie Manuel
Steven McPeake
Bronwyn J. Monroe
of the Jewish Community
Marous Brothers Construction
Eva A. McPherson
Kenneth Montlack
Federation of Cleveland
Marra Constructors
D. McRitchie
Mary B. Moon Trust
Deborah Nemecek
Gilbert and Carol Lowenthal
James Marra
Charles and Karen Meade
Candace F. Mordush
Beverly A. Nemitz
Scott and Barbara Lowery
John Marshall Alumni Association
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Paul* and Barbara Morrison
Richard Nerone
James G. Lubetkin
Dr. Nancy Clay Marsteller
Melior Group
James and Gracia Morton
John and Karen Nestor
Lubrizol Foundation
Robert and Linda Maskulka
Linda Mercadante
Edwina Moss
Frederick and Jane Neubauer
John and Susan Luc
Mass Mutual Financial Group
Estate of Albert Y. and
Donald and Susan Motsch
Willard and Cynthia Nichols
David J. Lundeen
Dr. Elizabeth B. Mastrangelo
Charles Stewart Mott
J. Christopher Nielson
Neil and Susan Luria
Lisa B. Mastrangelo
Merrick House
Philanthropic Fund
Kevin and Darci Mateosky
Metcalf & Eddy
Harold T. Murphy Trust
of the Jewish Community
Anju M. Mathew
Jane L. Metz Trust
John P. Murphy Foundation
Federation of Cleveland
Angelyn Mattson
Edward G. Michaels
Susan B. Murphy
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Kathleen Koss-Mayer and
Sabrina E. Mickel, D.D.S.
Eileen M. Murray
Regan and Marsha Lutzko
Microsoft Matching Gifts
Robert F. Muth
Dr. Margaret Lynch
Garth and Barbara McAdoo
MWH Americas
Father John R. McCarthy, Ph.D.*
Middlefield Banking Co.
M
Robert Mayer
Kathryn A. Meriam
Program
Edwina L. McClendon
Meredith Milbourn
Karen MacDonald
Lori D. McClung
Matthew L. Milcetich
William E. MacDonald
Cathy L. McConnell
David and Barbara Milenius
William E. MacDonald III
McCormack Family
Rosalyn Miller
Alex Machaskee
Diane O. McDaniel
Samuel H. and Maria Miller
Linda Macklin
Gwendolyn McDay
Timothy and
McDonald Hopkins
Phyllis R. Milton
A. Beatty McDonald
A. Grace Lee Mims
Enzo Maddalena
Estate of Charles R. McDonald
Laura J. Mimura
Juliette Madison
Gerald McFaul
Mineralogical Society of
Estate of Margaret E. Madsen
Daniel and Susan McGee
La Maison Française de
Patrick McIntyre
Steven and Dolly Minter
Ryan P. McKean
Peter J. Miragliotta
Karen Alison Macnair
Cleveland
Eddie L. Mallory
Marthetta McMickle
Continuing our work in community redevelopment, the foundation awarded Neighborhood Progress Inc. (NPI) a $4.2 million grant to strengthen its member community development corporations and address Cleveland’s foreclosure crisis. NPI’s Vacant Property, Foreclosure, and Land Assembly initiative promotes policy changes to reduce predatory lending and the foreclosures and abandonment that result.
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Foundation
Cleveland
and Fred Monago
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
Foundation
M.W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge
of Ohio
N Bryce A. Myers
Scarborough
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Self-Development of People
Foundation
William C. Prior
Lois and William Richardson
Parker Hannifin Corp.
Viola P. Pritchard Trust
Carl A. Riemenschneider, D.D.S.
Estate of Barbara H. Patterson
Michelle M. Proia
D. Riemenschneider
Jeffery K. Patterson
Project & Construction Services
Walter and Joan
Yvonne Paul
Melissa V. Provitt
North Coast Community Homes
Pavement Technology
Jim and Linda Puffenberger
Harvey L. Rieth
Richard Nosse and Amy McCoy
PDI/Saneck
Edsel and Ann Pugh
Mabel Louise Riley Foundation
Michael T. Novak
James and Barbara Pearce
Joseph and Carol Pundai
Kurt and Amanda Ringenbach
Arthur Puntel
Thomas Robatin
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Dr. Leighton H. Peebles Jr. Brendon and Anna Penner
Aileen M. O’Brien
Robert and Joyce Perkins
Robert G. O’Brien
Christopher A. Perme
O.E. Strategies
Daniel R. Petricig
Ohio Valley Supply &
Ann Petro
George A. Phillips
Maintenance Co.
Q R Thomas A. Quintrell
Malcolm Pirnie
Omaha Community Foundation
Leon and Gloria Plevin
Stephen I. Nacht
Terrence O’Malley and
Richard and Patricia Pogue
Peter J. Nagusky
Nancy M. Pokorny
Deborah J. Nagy
James D. Omartian
Jean Polhamus
NAIFA Cleveland
1-888-OHIOCOMP
Jeffrey and Elizabeth Potocsnak
Cynthia L. Nappi
Brian and Karen O’Neill
Estate of Barbara Potter
National City Bank
Jean Oneto
Jeanette Potts and
National Council of Jewish
Lydia B. Oppmann
Organizational Development
James and Mary Powers
Dixie S. Reiss
*Deceased
Testamentary Trust
Brenda C. Palmayer
Les Olseski
Women – Cleveland Section
Robert R. Rhodes
Delia Burke
Solutions
Riemenschneider
George T. Roberts Georgianna T. Roberts Richard Rodda and Janet Curry Linda Romans-Hnath James and Connie Roop Thomas E. Roper Jr. Alice and Paul Rose
R&J Trucking
Barbara S. Rosenthal
Phillip A. Ranney
Moorad and Sohair Rostom
P.K. Ranney Foundation
Robert Rotatori
Anne Rapacz-Kimmins
Scot and Traci Rourke
Judith H. Rawson
Barbara Rucker
Todd R. and Mary L. Ray
Jennifer L. Rudolph
Red Robin International
William and Karen Ruffing
Madge Potts-Williams
David and Virginia Reed
Antoinette M. Ruppe
Robert and Mary Jo Potts
James and Diana Reeser
Thomas P. Russell Angela P. Rydinsky *Deceased
Participants in the Green Corps program of the Cleveland Botanical Garden literally reap what they sow. The three-year program, which is expanding with a foundation grant, allows area high school students to plant urban gardens, growing vegetables and herbs to be sold at local farmers’ markets or to be used in their own Ripe from Downtown brand of salsa.
2008 report to the community 29
S Marilyn Sadler
Sogg Foundation
John M. Saganich
Sokol Greater Cleveland
Christine Sample
Spectrum Machine
Alfonso and
Karen Sperli
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
Georgia Pena Sanchez
U
UBS Foundation USA
Grove and Judith Welch
Ulmer & Berne
Mitchell and Dyana Welch
United Agencies Insurance
Kay S. Wellman
West Geauga High School
Group
United Way of San Antonio
West Shore New Holland
Raymond and Katherine Sawyer
St. James A.M.E. Church
P. Zachary Schiller
Congregation
United Way of Tulare County
James A. Schoff
Susan A. St. John
John and Candice Urbancich
Thomas and Elizabeth Schorgl
St. Philomena Catholic Church
U.S. Bank
Karl and Amy Powell Wheatley
Anonymous (104)
James and McKey Berkman
Allison E. Conrad Cherkinian
Viktor* and Virgene
Robert Stanton
Wulf and Moira Utian
Wheaton College
Cloyd J. Abruzzo Family Fund
Leonard and Susan Berson
Ginny L. Whipkey-Caringi
Jonathan D. Adams and
Jean Astrup Faubel Blanche
Emily J. Cherkinian
James M. and Ann M. Delaney
Dr. Eugene A. White
Charles P. and Julia S. Bolton
Michael E. Chesler
Thomas DeSantis
Mayethel V. White
Stanley I. and Hope S. Adelstein
Jean Bond
Corning Chisholm
Dorothy d’Huc Dressler*
Andrew P. Wiers
AHS Foundation
BP America
Debra and Seth Chwast
Dietrich Family Foundation
Robert and Beverly Vail
Peter Wildenhaus
Joan H. and
Brandon Family Foundation
Ciulla, Smith & Dale
Dr. Morris and Jill Dixon
Vancouver Foundation
William and Sara Wilder
Grace W. Bregenzer
Anne M. Clapp
DJ Foundation
Saber W. VanDetta
Hazel Martin Willacy
Alcoa Foundation
Bridgestone Invitational/
Michael A. and Susan K. Clegg
DLZ Ohio
Robert S. Varda
Caroline Williams
Anthony Allega Cement
Ruth Clement
Doan/Pyramid
Robert R. and Mary Broadbent
City of Cleveland
Adela D. Dolney
Schreckengost
Earl and Mary Schreiner
Stark Community Foundation Elizabeth Starr
William and Katherine Schrenk
Cathy A. Stawarski
Schron Family
Thomas and Rita Stawarski
Randell T. Scott
Steans Family Foundation
Scottish-American Cultural
William Steffee and
Society of Ohio
Nancy Seelbach
Erica Collins
Matthew and Elizabeth Stewart
& Bexar County
Key Club
Goff Society
Members of the Goff Society have established a charitable fund or made cumulative gifts of $10,000 or more.
V Utilicon Corp.
Benjamin F. Vail
Marcia Wexberg and Kenneth Singer
Pamela T. Conover
Richard B. Ainsworth Jr.
Northern Ohio Golf Charities
Foundation
Senkfor Family Foundation
Jeffrey and Karen Stohr
Doris C. Vargo
Janet S. Williams
Richard W. Sensenbrenner
Lael A. Stone
Richard Veres
Lloyd Williams and
Nancy Amantea
Brown, Flynn Communications
Cleveland Cavaliers
Dominion East Ohio
Dr. Max D. Amstutz
Jeanette Grasselli Brown
Cleveland Construction
Dominion Foundation
Deborah Sesek R.G. and Barbara Shaffer Shaker Heights Public Library Debra Shankland Shirley A. Shatten Kevin B. Shaw Shearer’s Foods Jonathan Sheffer Charitable
Fund
David and Elizabeth Shellito Ashok and Rajanee Shendure George and Susan Sherwin
Kingman P. Strohl
J. Vigil
Donna Studniarz
Dee Vosmik
Marva Williams
AmTrust Bank
Doris A. Clinton-Gobec
Dunkin Brands Adfund
Study Club
Terri Willis
James S. Anderson and
Marilyn M. Bruneau
Clutterbuck Family Foundation
Richard Stuebi
Kathleen H. Wills
Bryant & Stratton
Ginny and Bob Clutterbuck
Jim Dunlap*
Wade Trim
Ronald M. Wilt
Dr. Albert C. Antoine and
Buckingham, Doolittle &
Communication Workers of
Dunning Family
Ellen Garretson Wade
Winston-Salem Foundation
Dworken & Bernstein Co.
H. Robert and Hope Wismar
Keith A. and Marie S. Ashmus
Lenore V. Buford, Ph.D.
Conley, Canitano & Associates
Thomas and Mary Wolf
Astrup Co.
B. Kingsley Buhl
Karen M. and Kenneth L. Conley
Lance C. Buhl
Caroline Conrad
Susan Lajoie Eagan, Ph.D.
W T Judith D. and G. Walter Stuelpe
Frances P. Taft
Memorial Fund
Michael and Barbara Wagner
Norma Nelson
Contractor
and Michael K. Cherkinian
Deaconess Community
David W. Wittkowsky June Sallee Antoine
and Glenn R. Brown
Burroughs – Cleveland
America – District 4
Administrator
John J. Dwyer* and Frances E. Dwyer*
Mary Taylor
R.E. Wagner & Associates
Pierre M. Wolfe
AT&T
Raymond L. Teamor
Steve and Beverly Wallace
Robert and Virginia Wolff
Albert A. and Elizabeth Augustus
Judge Lillian W. Burke
Robert and Jean Conrad
Eaton Corp.
Richard and Joyce Burke
Susan Conrad
Ginny and Bob Eckardt
Terrace Construction Co.
Daniel P. Walsh
Women of Color Foundation
Baker & Hostetler
James and Margaret Thomas
Chris Walter
Margaret W. Wong
Charles P.* and Marie* Baker
Robert and Virginia Burkhardt
Andrea Conrad-Bachman
Ann C. and Richard L. Ernst
Fred J. Ball and Elizabeth S. Ball
John H. and Dorcas Burlingame
William E. and Mary Conway
Heather and Jeff Ettinger
Sally and Ted Shiebler
Joseph and Ellen Thomas
Douglas and Holly B. Wang
John A. Shields
Helen A. Thompson
David M. Ward Trust
Lauren Woo
Mal and Lea Bank
Calfee, Halter & Griswold
Kenneth H. and Blanche P. Cooley
Doris Anita Evans, M.D.
David and Esther Wood
D. Robert* and Kathleen L. Barber
Margaret C. Callander
Ensign and Lana Cowell
Fairfax Foundation Charitable
Woods Fund of Chicago
Kent and Jeannine Cavender Bares
David and Ginger Campopiano
Jack* and Jeanette Crislip
Carolyn and Doug Barr
Cargill
Tim and Susan Curtiss
Betty H. Fairfax
Mary B. Barrett
Harry and Marjorie M. Carlson
Alexander M. and Sally Cutler
Jean E. Fairfax
Mary F. Zak
Harry F. and Eltha J. Bartels
Kathryn Carlson
CVS Pharmacy
Ann Fairhurst
Zarnick Family Foundation
Hanna H. Bartlett and
John J. and Tana N. Carney
David J. Darrah
Nicholas J. and Carol Federico
Nancy Zaroogian
Cascia, dba
D.J. Davie
Lauren Rich Fine
Zbin Landscaping
Katharine C. Bartlett
David G. and Adelaide S. Davies
Scott Fine
Lynne Zeidler
Sam Bartlett
Annie E. Casey Foundation
J. Michael and Amy Davis
FirstMerit Bank
Ronnie Znidarsk
Joseph A. Bauer, M.D.* and
E. Bruce* and Virginia Chaney
John P. and Kathy M. Davis
Fitzgerald Family
Pamela Wallace Chaney
Lytle T. and Johnnie Davis
Robert J. Fitzsimmons and
David Shimotakahara and
Pandora Robertson
Neil L. Thompson Family
Warren Fire Department,
Foundation
Local 204
Martha G. Shipps
Sheila A. Thompson
Kittie D. Warshawsky, Esq.
Reginald Shiverick
Shelly L. Thompson
Jomarie Wasik
Kenneth G. Silliman
Timothy J. Tibbitts
Robert C. Waterman
Silver Leaf Club
Time Warner Cable
Neil R. and Constance B. Waxman
Dan and Linda Silverberg
William Wray Torrey and
Ronald F. Wayne
Jeffrey Simske, M.D. and
WCLV Foundation
Heather Vallier, M.D.
Skillman Foundation
Darien Woo
Transystems Corp.
Raymond John Wean Foundation
Tri S Group
Alice H. Webster
& Associates Co.
Z
James T. Bartlett
Sally E. Bauer, M.D.
Lake County Captains
Smart Business Network
Heather Tripplett
Deborah D. Webster
Charles D. Smith
Susan and John Turben
Weingart Design
William and Mary Beckenbach
Kelly Chapman
Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis
Edward and Gail Weintraub
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan &
Judge Carl J. and
William and Janice Weisbarth
Floyd A. and Gladys I. Day
Jennifer M. Weixel
Leigh and Jim Bennett
Linda K. Smith
Ricky D. Smith
Brenda E. Turner
Dolores A. Smoltz 30 report to the community 2008
Foundation
*Deceased
Aronoff
Dee Ann Character
Charter One Foundation
and Edward J. Davis Family Foundation
Trust
Margaret A. Collins
Ford Motor Co. Fund Emily Evans Ford *Deceased 2008 report to the community 31
Rebecca Evans Ford
Anne and Thomas Hilbert
Thomas T. Law Foundation
MacGregor W. Peck
Thomas H. and Lois Roulston
Russell H. and Gretchen H. Smith
Robert F. and Beverly May Vail
Stanley A. and Barbara S. Meisel
Gilbert S. Peirce
Scot M. and Traci L. Rourke
Thelma G. Smith
Catherine G. and Dale E. Veres
RPM International
David S. Snapp and
Village Foundation (Bay Village)
John Gabel
Michael and Kay Hinderliter
Benson P. and Vicki P. Lee
Don and Terri Milder
Katherine and James Pender
Galen Miller Foundation
Debra Hirshberg and Jamie Hecker
Patricia Lehtinen and Family
Dennis L. Miller
George J. Picha, M.D.
Russell Realtors
Richard H. and Gail Rye
Sogg Foundation
Virginia Roberts Snapp
Sen. George V. and Janet Voinovich Michael Waller and
Yolanda and Don Games
Morley and Elizabeth N. Hitchcock
Alan Lerner and Erica New
Jamir M. and Racquel A. Miller
Pignolet Family
Robert A. and Annie Garda
Robin Hitchcock
Marcia and Harold Levine
Lee A. and Linda P. Miller
Richard W. and Patricia R. Pogue
Eliza and John Saada
Frank U. Sowell and
Point One – Behavioral
Sauerland Foundation
Douglas and Holly B. Wang
Michael and Amy Garvin
Arlene and Arthur S.* Holden
Philanthropic Fund
Samuel H. and Maria Miller
Leah S. Gary and J.B. Silvers
Ronald D. and Freddie Holman
of the Jewish Community
Albert I. and Norma C. Geller
Sandra Duncan Holmes and
Judith Gerson
Cathy and John Lewis
Harry L. Holmes
Federation of Cleveland
Deborah Thigpen Waller
Ralph and Lucille Schey
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
Richard T. and Judith B. Watson
A. Grace Lee Mims
Potocsnak Family
Edward J. and Elizabeth Starr
Michael and Anna Marie Minotti
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Bob Schneider
Billie Howland Steffee
Neil R. and Constance B. Waxman
Linda Burwasser Schneider
Brit and Kate Stenson
Cydney Weingart
Foundation
Healthcare Network
Linda A. Jackson Sowell
Foundation
Foundation
JoAnn and Robert Glick
Michael J. and Jane Horvitz
Wayne H.* and Eleanor Lewis
Steven and Dolly Minter
Max R. and Linda J. Proffitt
Louise H. and David S. Ingalls
Lincoln Electric Foundation
William A. and
Jim and Linda Puffenberger
Rev. Daniel Holt Schoonmaker
Matthew and Elizabeth Stewart
Kay Wellman
Charles M. and Betty Lombardy
P. Eric and Carol A. Ralston
Schron Family
Lael Stone, M.D.
William Wendling and
H. Ross Lowenstein and
Molly Bee Fund
Clara Rankin
Jill Schumacher
George B. Storer Foundation
J. Michael and Diane Monteleone
Victoire and Alfred M. Rankin Jr.
Robert H. and Sandra R. Schwartz
James P. Storer
Margie and John Wheeler
Dan T. Moore
Charles A. and
Sears-Swetland Family Foundation
Judith D. and G. Walter Stuelpe Jr.
Michael and JoAnn White
Ellery Sedgwick Jr.
Frank and Barbara Sullivan
Bradley W. Whitehead and
Family Fund
Ted W. and Nancy L. Goble
Foundation
Anil B. and Prema A. Gogate
Jonathan E.* and
Drs. Marjorie Greenfield
Invacare Foundation
and Anthony Post
Katherine Ingersoll
Irwin Lowenstein
Gilbert and Carol Lowenthal
Margaret N. Mitchell
Geofrey and Helen Greenleaf
Ireland Foundation
Lowery Family Fund
David T. and
Sally and Bob Gries
Margaret A. and R. Livingston
Sarah Lund and Roland W. Donnem
Judy and Robert Rawson Jr.
Senkfor Family Foundation
Thomas and Sandy Sullivan
Beth Sersig, M.D. and
Thomas C. Sullivan Jr.
Carmel B. Whiting
Grimm Family Foundation
Jane and Jim Griswold
B. Scott Isquick
Ireland Foundation
Lindsay J. Morgenthaler
Ilana Horowitz Ratner
Lynne E. Woodman
Amy Weisberg-Whitehead
William E. MacDonald III and
John C. and Sally S. Morley
Todd R. and Mary Ray
F. James and Rita Rechin
Alice and Béla Szigethy
Charles D. Whitmer and
Ashok and Rajanee Shendure
Frances P. Taft
Susan W. MacDonald
Family Foundation
Christopher Brandt, M.D.
Sally K. Griswold
Jacobsen/Danielson Associates
Alex and Carol Machaskee
Stephen C. Morris and
Donna and James Reid
John, Christiane, Patrick, and
Jerry and Martha Jarrett
Linda Macklin
David P. and Sandra Reif
John and Clara Sherwin
Dudley J. Taw
David P. Williams III and
Raymond M. and
John and Laura Shields
Mike and Jane Tellor
Oliver Guinness
William R. Gustaferro
Amanda F. Morris
Dr. Nancy Kurfess Johnson
Robert P. and Leatrice B. Madison
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. and
Brooks M.* and Anne Jones
Kent A. Majewski and
Gustavsson Family Fund
Elizabeth W.* and
Haber Polk
Malcolm Pirnie
William M. Jones
Debra M. Majewski
Janice Cross-Williams
Reginald and Lynn Shiverick
Terrace Construction Co.
Ruth Williams*
John P. Murphy Foundation
Jeanne Reitz
Terry Shockey, Florence E. Shockey,*
Neil L. and Kathy Thompson
Carolyn Wipper
MWH Americas
Michael Reitz
Congresswoman Stephanie
Thomas M. and Mary H. Wolf
Ronald B. and
Drs. Jeffrey Simske and
Susan Wolpert and
Edwina Moss
Mary Louise Reisacher
Mary G. Whitmer
and Bud (Lovell) Shockey*
Tubbs-Jones*
Susan M. Haffey
Nancy and Don Junglas
Ted Mandes and Cynthia Costello
Earl F. and Betsy D.* Myerholtz
Rev. Edward T. and
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Dan and Janice Margheret
David and Inez Myers Foundation
Susan and John Turben Foundation
James and Joni Marra
National City Bank
Doris A. Riggin
Ruth J. Skuly and Leo A. Deininger
John M. and Lori J. Turnbull
Margaret W. Wong
Richard G. and
John G. and Karen Nestor
William Hughes Roberts
Edward W.* and Josephine* Sloan
Joseph Tzeng
John and Jacqueline Woods
Frederick and Jane Neubauer
Dr. Richard Robins and
Smart Business Network
Philip R. Uhlin
Robert J. and Janet G. Yaroma
Charles J. and Patricia Perry Nock
Robert L. and Anita L. Smialek
Paul and Sonja Unger
John Stanley Zitzner and
Herbert R. Martens
Shirley R. Nook
Elizabeth H. Rose
Deborah Ann Smith
U.S. Bank
Scott D. and Laurie L. Roulston
Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust
Utilicon Corp.
Brenda J. Haggins
James J. Hamilton
of Ohio
Kaiser Permanente
Ralph W. Hammond
Richard E. and Judith S. Karberg
Ambassador Holsey Gates
Donald J. Katt and
Nancy Clay Marsteller
Handyside
Maribeth Filipic-Katt
Cynthia C. Marschner
Bess Rodriguez Richard
Kathryn Robins
Heather Vallier
Raymond Lesser
Margaret Ingersoll Zitzner
Randolph M. and Teri A. Hansen
Paul R. Keen and
Phyllis Martien
Northwest Emergency Team
Sondra and Steve Hardis
Joel D. Marx Family
James A. (Dolph) and
William E.* and Nancy M. Harris
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Dr. Elizabeth B. Mastrangelo
Dr. Shattuck and
R. Eric Kennedy
Ellen L. Mastrangelo
Elizabeth Norweb*
Key Foundation
Lisa B. Mastrangelo
Joe and Arline Nosse
Clark Harvey and Holly Selvaggi
John and Karen Kirk
Mark E. Mastrangelo
Ann and Bob O’Brien
Donald F. Hastings and
Dr. Gilles and Malvina Klopman
Marianna C. McAfee
1-888-OHIOCOMP
Paul S. and Cynthia M. Klug
Elizabeth McBride
William M. and Amelia Osborne
Henry R. Hatch and
Stewart A. and Donna M. Kohl
Diane O. McDaniel
James B. Oswald Co.
Vilma L. Kohn, Ph.D.
Thornton D.* and
Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation
annually serves more than 1,700 children and adults,
Martin R. Kolb and
J. Ward Pallotta
many with special needs. A grant from the Cleveland
Mary Jane Hartwell
Shirley T. Hastings Barbara Hitchcock Hatch*
Karry and Jonathan Hatch
Denise Horstman
Penny P. McDonough
*Deceased
Fay-Tyler Norton
Safety concerns were at issue when a developer proposed building a five-story hotel on land adjacent to Camp Cheerful in Strongsville, which
Lawrence and Linda Hatch
Lawrence E. and
Marjorie K. Pallotta
Foundation helped to purchase the land for Camp
William R. and
Lakewood Foundation
Charles G. Pauli
Cheerful and maintain a safe haven for campers.
Jean A. Lang
Patrick and Eileen McIntyre
Payne Fund
Laura R. Heath*
Tom H. and Samie Lang
James E. and Barbara G. Pearce
Preston B. Heller Jr.
Craig H. and Kristi J. Latham
John J. and Doreen A. McLaughlin
Beverly G. and Albert M. Higley Jr.
Susan and James Latham
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Constance S. Hawke
32 report to the community 2008
Sandra I. Kiely Kolb
Sheila Rowan McHale Family Fund
Emily M. Peck *Deceased 2008 report to the community 33
Legacy Society
Members of the Legacy Society have planned a future gift to their community through a bequest, trust, pooled income fund, life insurance policy, charitable gift annuity, or charitable remainder trust.
34 report to the community 2008
Jerry and Martha Jarrett
Joseph J.* and Roseann Manley
Elizabeth W.* and
Franklin F. Martin
Philip M. Cucchiara
Lynne E. Woodman
William M. Jones
Aline G. Masek
Florence K.Z. Pollack
Richard B. and Janet Werner
L. Morris Jones, M.D. and
Father John R. McCarthy, Ph.D.*
Lucia C. Pomeroy*
John A. Wiegman
Adrienne L. Jones, Ph.D.
Dr. Susan A. Miller
Caroline Brewer Goff Prentiss
Dorothy G. and
Anne C. Juster
Donald L. and Merle C. Milmine
William Hughes Roberts
Thomas R.* Wigglesworth
Patricia Lynn Kalbac
Steven and Dolly Minter
Marjorie A. Rott
Thomas R. Wigglesworth*
Joel and Donna Kaminsky
William A. and
James L. Ryhal Jr.
Marilyn M. Wilde and
Walter C. Kelley*
Margaret N. Mitchell
Lynn M. Sargi
Alan H. Wilde, M.D.
William and Barbara Kirsch
Arthur P. Moebius*
Karen Sayre
Hazel Martin Willacy
Gay C. and James T. Kiston
Diane Moffett
John and Judy Schantz
George E. and Rolande G. Willis
Dr. Gilles and Malvina Klopman
Helen M. Moise
Robert Schneider
Genevieve and A. Carter Wilmot
Norman F. and Sandra L. Klopp
John B. Moore
Catherine Swing Sellors
Robert Wismar Jr.
David R. Pierce and
William Wendling and
Anonymous (22)
Michael A. and Susan K. Clegg
Albert I. and Norma C. Geller
August and Olga Koenig
Ann Jones Morgan
Dr. Gerard and Phyllis Seltzer
David L. and Barbara Yeomans
Stanley I. and Hope S. Adelstein
Ruth H. Cohn
Robert M. and Barbara Ginn
Stewart A. and Donna M. Kohl
Charles E. Morgan
Beth Sersig, M.D. and
Patrick M. Zohn
Tanya Allmond*
Catherine E. and James P. Conway
Robert and JoAnn Glick
Vilma L. Kohn, Ph.D.
Eloise M. Morgan
Christopher Brandt, M.D.
Malcolm and Helene Zucker
Peter and Jane Anagnostos
Family Trust
Gerald Lieber Goodman
Martin R. Kolb and
Robert D. and Janet E. Neary
John and Clara Sherwin
Ronnie Znidarsk
Lois M. Applegate
Blanche and Kenneth Cooley
Joseph T. and Karen Gorman
Sandra Kiely Kolb
John G. and Karen Nestor
Harry D. Simmons, M.D.
*Deceased
Nikki and Harold Babbit
Susan and Richard Coyne
Julianne Goss
June R. Kosich
James A. (Dolph) and
Edward W.* and Josephine* Sloan
Dolores J. and Lawrence J. Badar
Richard H. and Cathy L. Crabtree
Winifred H. Gray
Philip L. and Pauline* Krug
Fay-Tyler Norton
Robert V. Spurney and
Marvelous Ray Baker
John Cridland
Sally K. Griswold
Marjorie and Samuel* Lamport
Elizabeth Norweb*
Florence W. Spurney
Fred J. Ball and Elizabeth S. Ball
David B. Crow and
Dr. Michael J. Grusenmeyer
Tom H. and Samie Lang
John F. O’Brien
Cathy A. Stawarski
Mal and Lea Bank
Elizabeth L. Crow
Barbara Gustafson
William F. Laurie* and
Stanley C. and Elaine Pace
Billie Howland Steffee
D. Robert* and Kathleen L. Barber
Pitt A. and Sally Curtiss
Marie Gustavsson-Monago
Georgia E. Laurie
Margaret Patch
Dr. Melodie Mayberry Stewart
Ronald C. Barnes
Beth Darmstadter
Rev. Edward T. Haggins
Charles L. and
Taru Patel, M.D. and
Ralph E. and Barbara N. String
Harry F. and Eltha J. Bartels
Philip Dawson
Mary Louise and Richard Hahn
Josephine Robson Leamy
Mahesh Patel, M.D.
Faith H. and Herbert J.* Swanson
Hanna H. and James T. Bartlett
Donna Steen Dettner
Alice Hamilton
Wayne H.* and Eleanor Lewis
Barbara H. Patterson*
Joseph H. and Ellen Thomas
Richard and Mary Ellen Batyko
Carl F. Doershuk, M.D. and
Awilda Hamilton
G. Russell and Connie Lincoln
Frederick W. Pattison
Beverly May Vail and
Jean A. Bell
Marian Marrs Doershuk
Ambassador Holsey Gates
Kenneth A. Linstruth, M.D.
Katherine and James Pender
Robert Frazer Vail
Cynthia Bernheimer
Henry and Mary Doll
Handyside
Charles S. Lurie
Arvid S. and
David and Ellen Van Arsdale
Leona Bevis
John E. Doxsey
Randolph M. and Teri A. Hansen
Thomas E. and Patricia A. Lusk
Marianne B. Peterson
Dr. Cedomil* and Mary Vugrincic
Caprice H. Bragg
Patricia Jansen Doyle
Mary Jane and Shattuck Hartwell
Sheldon and Marilyn MacLeod
Jeannette W. Brewer
Ruth A. Dreger
Marcia G. Harvey
Arthur V.N. Brooks
Stephen M. Egert
Dorothea Jean Hassler
Lenore V. Buford, Ph.D.
Kevin Ellison
Beverly G. and Albert M. Higley Jr.
Joyce A. Burch
Doris Anita Evans, M.D.
Edith Fellinger Hirsch
George W.* and
Betty H. Fairfax
Morley and Elizabeth N. Hitchcock
Brittany Vernon is a very busy teenager at the Cleveland School
Helen Boggis Burdg
Jean E. Fairfax
Sandra L. Hoeffler
of Science and Medicine. She is student council president and
Robert and Virginia Burkhardt
Lauren Rich Fine
Michael J. and
takes classes at Cuyahoga Community College three days a week.
Anna Ruth Bussian
Scott Fine
Suzanne I. Hoffmann
She graduated from the Cleveland Clinic-sponsored Charles R.
Minna S. Buxbaum*
Richard and Susan Fink
Ruth R. Holm
Drew Academy, a 10-week program designed to interest minori-
Manny and Carmella Calta
Fitzgerald Family
Ronald D. Holman Sr.
Tom and Peggy Campbell
Helen V. Fitzhugh
Samuel J. Horwitz and
ties in the health care profession. She has her sights set on
Harry and Marjorie Carlson
Virginia Q. Foley
Eva H. Horwitz
Mary C. Carter
C. Henry and Caryn Foltz
P. Clark Hungerford
Kathleen A. Cerveny
Eddie Fryer Jr.*
Katherine and
with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to create more
Kelly Chapman
John Gabel
Jonathan* Ingersoll
educational opportunities in Cleveland.
Joseph A. Chmielewski
Philip H.* and Jane G.* Geier
becoming a psychiatrist. To increase the number of success stories like Brittany’s, the Cleveland Foundation is partnering
*Deceased
2008 report to the community 35
New Named Funds and Planned Gifts
New DonorAdvised Funds
Anonymous (4)
Glenn and Nicole Bebie Family
Bernheimer Family Fund
Fund established by
Callander Leadership Fund
Glenn and Nicole Bebie
established by
Jeff and Sheila Berlin Family
Margaret Callander
Foundation established by
Bob Callander Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Debra and Seth Chwast Fund
established by
established by Debra Chwast
Margaret Callander
Tom DeSantis Charitable Fund
Albert Caminati Fund
established by
established by
Thomas DeSantis
Albert Caminati Trust
Garvin Family Charitable Fund
Catherine E. Conway charitable
established by Michael and
gift annuity established by
Amy Garvin
James P. Conway, Esq.
JoAnn and Robert Glick Family
Blanche and Kenneth Cooley
Foundation established by
Fund established by
JoAnn and Robert Glick
Blanche and Kenneth Cooley
Greenfield-Post Family Fund
Marian Marrs Doershuk
established by Marjorie
charitable gift annuity
Greenfield and Anthony Post
established by
Haber Polk Fund
Dr. Carl F. Doershuk
Anonymous (1)
Manning Family Fund established by Gordon and Carol Manning Nancy Clay Marsteller Fund
New Organizational Endowment Funds
Maria J. and William Aubrey Hall Endowment Fund for Geauga County Historical Society
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS as of June 1, 2008
Maria J. and William Aubrey Hall
McDonald Fund
Treu-Mart Fund
Directors: Gary Bleiweiss,
A supporting organization of
Peter Broer, Eric Tolbert,
both the Cleveland Foundation
Fatima Weathers,
and the Jewish Community
Ernest Wilkerson Jr.
Federation of Cleveland
Endowment Fund for the
American Sokol
City of Cleveland’s
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
Scholarship Fund established
Cable Television Minority Arts
Yank Heisler Scholarship Fund
and Education Fund
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Mary Louise Hahn, Susan
by American Sokol
established by Key Foundation
Hollingsworth, Steven A.
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
Directors: Kathy Allen,
Charitable Foundation
Lake View Cemetery Association –
Roosevelt Coats, Sharon H.
Directors: Inajo Davis
Minter, Amy Morgenstern,
Endowment Fund established
Mausoleum, established by
Albert B. Ratner,
by Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
Glaspie, Michael J. Hoffmann,
Chappell, Arthur Lavin, M.D.,
the Lake View Cemetery
Steven A. Minter, Mia Moore,
Margo Roth, Susan M. Tyler,
Arthur W. Treuhaft
Crossroads Endowment Fund
Association
established by Crossroads:
Sabra Pierce Scott, Yvonne
Thomas E. Wagner
Lake View Cemetery Association –
Lake County Adolescent
Pointer-Triplett, Hilary S. Taylor
Wade, established by the Lake
Counseling Service
View Cemetery Association
Alton F. and
Directors: Heather Sherwin,
Faith Cumberland Presbyterian
Lake View Cemetery Association–
Church in America Endowment
Carrie S. Davis Fund
John Sherwin Jr., Stephanie
Restricted
Directors: Marjorie M. Carlson,
McHenry, Randell McShephard,
Fund established by Faith
Lake View Cemetery Association –
Cumberland Presbyterian
Mary Jane Davis Hartwell,
Christopher Ronayne
Church
Shattuck W. Hartwell Jr., M.D.,
Lake View Cemetery
Adrienne Lash Jones,
Billie Howland Steffee
Geauga Park District Foundation
Foundation Fund
Harvey G. Oppmann
Family Fund
Fund established by
Gail Long Fund for Neighborhood
New CommitteeAdvised Fund
Geauga Park District
Advocacy and Organizing
Higley Fund
Susan Lajoie Eagan, Steven
Girl Scouts’ Georgianna Bonds
established by Merrick House
Directors: James M. Delaney,
A. Minter, Jon H. Outcalt,
Wider Opportunities Fund
Henry Sheldon Blossom and
Settlement and Day Nursery
established by Girl Scouts of
Albert M. Higley Jr., Beverly
Billie Howland Steffee
established by Haber Polk
James E. and Isabelle E. Dunlap
Hinderliter Family Trust
Myra Blossom Fund for the
La Maison Française de Cleveland
Lake County
G. Higley, Michael J.
Memorial Fund
established by Michael and
Case/Cleveland Play House
Fund established by La Maison
Girl Scouts’ Helen and Jerry Daube
Hoffmann, Janet E. Neary
Directors: Sister Maureen
Dr. Donald J. Goodman and
Kay Hinderliter
MFA Program established by
Française de Cleveland
Fund established by Girl Scouts
Doyle, Bracy E. Lewis, Frank
Pamela Marshall Holmes Breast
an anonymous donor
Paul and Odette Wurzburger
Ruth Weber Goodman
of Lake County
Memorial Fund
Sullivan, Sandra S. Sullivan,
Philanthropic Fund
Cancer Education Fund
established by
established by various donors
Dr. Donald J. Goodman Trust
Jarrett Family Fund established
Jeannette R. Kirkham Fund
by Charles E. Jarrett and Jerry
New Scholarship Funds
Gilles and Malvina Klopman Fund
and Martha Jarrett
Lytle and Johnnie Davis
Girl Scouts’ Paul A. and
established by Gilles and
John and Karen Kirk Fund
Scholarship Fund
Mildred I. Miller Fund
Malvina Klopman
established by John and
established by Lytle T. and
established by Girl Scouts of
Anne Templeton Murphy and
Karen Kirk
Johnnie Davis
Lake County
Harold T. Murphy Fund
Marcia LaRiche Family Fund
Timothy Allen Hopkins
Girl Scouts’ Barbara Parkinson
established by
established by Marcia* and
Memorial Scholarship Fund
Outdoor Activity Fund
Harold T. Murphy
Timothy LaRiche
established by
established by Girl Scouts of
Lucia C. Pomeroy Fund
Lowery Family Fund
Thomas E. Hopkins
Lake County
sprawling campus downtown at Playhouse Square
Thomas M. and Mary H. Wolf
established by Scott and
A. Grace Lee Mims Vocal
GradsNet Foundation of
Center, the festival features Northeast Ohio artists
Fund established by
Barbara Lowery
Scholarship Fund established
Cleveland, Ohio, Scholarship
presenting their works alongside international artists,
Thomas and Mary Wolf
Robert V. and Margaret E. Madsen
by A. Grace Mims
Endowment Fund established
high-technology firms, and colleges and universities.
Jeffrey and Sheila Berlin
established by Dr. Nancy Clay Marsteller Patrick and Eileen McIntyre Family Fund established by Patrick and Eileen McIntyre Noom Fund established by Jonathan Adams and Pamela T. Conover Linda Burwasser Schneider Fund established by Linda Burwasser Schneider Stegmaier Family Gift Fund established by an anonymous donor Stuelpe Family Charitable Fund established by Judith D. and G. Walter Stuelpe
Unrestricted
Directors: Henry J. Goodman,
Sherwick Fund
Directors: Susan W. Cargile,
Sullivan Scholars Foundation
Girl Scouts’ Dale E. and
T. Sean Sullivan, Helen
Bernice E. Mansperger Fund
Williams, David A. Yen
established by Girl Scouts of Lake County
Fund established by the
by GradsNet Foundation of
estate of Margaret E. Madsen
Cleveland, Ohio
The Ingenuity Festival is Cleveland’s weekend-long celebration of art and technology. Occupying a
*Deceased
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Financial Summary The fiscal year 2007 might be described as the year that uncertainty returned to the markets. The turmoil in the credit markets began in the third quarter of 2007, accompanied by the freefall in the housing market. Once useful financial instruments and tactics began to cause significant distress for investors as valuations became uncertain and securities unwanted.
External Committee Members and Volunteers
SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION
Huntington National Bank
Karpus Investment Management
AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
917 Euclid Ave.
183 Sully’s Trail
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Pittsford, N.Y. 14534
Deborah Daberko
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Lakepoint Investment Partners
Santiago Feliciano Jr.
1300 E. Ninth St.
Key Tower
Karen Kopp
Suite 1300
127 Public Square
OUTREACH ADVISORY
Mary Lynne McGovern
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Suite 4130
COMMITTEE
Natividad Pagan
KeyBank
Teresa Beasley, Esq.
Christopher Sedlock
127 Public Square
Mellon Private Trust Co.
Charles Burkett Jr.
Pamela E. Smith
16th Floor
30195 Chagrin Blvd.
Inajo Chappell, Esq.
Ryan Temple
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Suite 350W
Donald Graham
William Woods
Vivian Hairston
David Yen
as of June 1, 2008 AFRICAN-AMERICAN
EXTERNAL ADVISORS
Sister Alicia Alvarado
Dr. Adrienne L. Jones
As uncertainty and volatility continued, the financial markets reacted negatively in the fourth quarter and through the first quarter of 2008. While the return in the fourth quarter was negative, the S&P 500 still generated a 5.5 percent return for the year. Despite problems in the credit market, the Lehman Aggregate, a benchmark for fixed income, generated a 6.96 percent return. The total composite return for the foundation for 2007 was 8.36 percent. Allocations to international equities and alternative investments, along with correct decisions on sector weightings and stock selection, contributed favorably to the performance of the foundation compared with the broad markets. The foundation generated $174 million in total revenue, gains, and other support in 2007. During this period, our total expenses were $97 million. Thus, our revenue exceeded our expenses by $77 million.
Franklin F. Martin
Bank Trustees Committee
Kimberly St. John-Stevenson
Paul Clark, president,
AUDIT COMMITTEE
James M. Delaney
J. Terrell Dillard Catherine C. Haworth
The administrative expenses of the foundation were $11.1 million and represented 11.5 percent of total expenses for the year.
J.T. Mullen Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
David J. Janus, president and CEO, FirstMerit Bank Jerry Kelsheimer, president,
James M. Malz, president, Northeast Ohio Chase
COMMUNICATIONS
Choosing the investment option for philanthropic funds for growth is just as important as the decision to entrust the Cleveland Foundation with overseeing and distributing those funds. The foundation provides donors with a variety of investment options and strategies for the funds they establish, allowing them to select the one that will meet their philanthropic objectives.
David Geyer Karen Haefling Vivian D. Hairston Frank I. Harding III Jerry Hoegner
1350 Euclid Ave. Suite 1100 Cleveland, Ohio 44115 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
BDS Financial Services Cedar Brook Financial
3201 Enterprise Parkway
Merrill Lynch
Suite 240
Private Trust Co.
Cleveland, Ohio 44122
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Carnegie Capital Management 1228 Euclid Ave. Suite 1100 Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Fairport Asset Management
Wachovia Securities INDEXED MUTUAL FUNDS
Vanguard Group TCF POOL
3636 Euclid Ave. Suite 3000 Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Glenmede Trust Co.
30195 Chagrin Blvd.
One Corporate Exchange
Maria Quinn, Esq.
Suite 350W
25825 Science Park Dr.
Paul J. Schlather
Cleveland, Ohio 44124
Suite 110
Robert Smith
INDIVIDUAL ADVISORS
Goldman Sachs
BNY/Mellon Private Trust Co.
John Sherwin Jr.
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Ferris Baker Watts
Kathy Pender
FirstMerit Bank
Suite 615
Alliance Bernstein
James R. Pender
David R. Boles
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
FIRMS
BANKS
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
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U.S. Bank
Jane Lisy
Jacqueline F. Woods
Suite 1130
211 W. Fort St.
Investment Options
Scott A. Fine
Northern Trust Bank
Union Heritage
PHILANTHROPY AND
Larry Benders
1422 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Huntington National Bank
Richard B. Ainsworth Jr.
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Suite 5150
Jane Grebenc, executive vice
John D. Leech
COMMITTEE
Private Trust Co.
National City
Northern Ohio region,
Todd Ray
1900 E. Ninth St.
127 Public Square
Bert Holt Raphael J. Omerza, Esq.
Cleveland, Ohio 44124
Northern Ohio Banking,
president, KeyBank LAKE-GEAUGA COMMITTEE
National City Bank
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Beachwood, Ohio 44122
101 W. Prospect Ave.
Gries Financial
Suite 350
1801 E. Ninth St.
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
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Board of Directors
The Cleveland Foundation Staff
Dorothy M. Highsmith
Administrative Assistant, Project Access
Senior Accountant
Executive Office
Charlotte J. Morosko
Fund Accountant
Ronald B. Richard
Grants Administrator
Judith A. Corey
President and CEO
Karen Bartrum-Jansen
Fund Accountant
Leslie A. Dunford
Margaret A. McGrath 2
Grants Assistant
Christine M. Lawson
Executive Director
Chief of Staff
Carol A. Hellyar
Finance Associate
Jean A. Lang
Jennifer A. Teeter
Grants Assistant
Carmela Beltrante
Staff Accountant
Executive Assistant
Denise G. Ulloa
Financial Assistant
1,2
Ya-Mei Chen
Grants Assistant Program, Grants Management, and Records
Robert E. Eckardt 1,2 Senior Vice President for Programs and Evaluation
Lisa L. Bottoms Program Director for Human Services and Child and Youth Development
Kathleen A. Cerveny David Goldberg Chairman Chairman of the Board, AmTrust Bank
The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. Vice Chair Pastor, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church
Charles P. Bolton Chairman, Brittany Stamping and Polychem Corp.
Terri Hamilton Brown Senior Vice President for Corporate Diversity, National City Bank
Tana N. Carney Civic Volunteer
Jorge E. Delgado Director of International Relations
Richard T. Stuebi Maria Jose Pujana,M.D. Clinical Neurologist and Neurophysiologist; Adjunct Instructor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
BP Fellow for Energy and Environmental Advancement
Kathleen A. Hallissey Director of Community Responsive Grantmaking
Nelson Beckford Program Officer
Kevin L. McDaniel Program Officer
Jill M. Paulsen Program Officer
Diane C. Kaszei Grants Manager James A. Ratner Executive Vice President, Forest City Enterprises
Alayne L. Reitman Civic Volunteer
The Rev. Hilton O. Smith Senior Vice President, Turner Construction Co.
Ratanjit S. Sondhe Consultant, Poly-Carb
Frank C. Sullivan President and CEO, RPM International
Janice M. Cutright
Caprice H. Bragg 1,2 Vice President for Gift Planning and Donor Relations Director of Donor Relations Lake-Geauga Officer
Marie L. Monago Gift Planning Officer
Marvelous R. Baker
Public Affairs
Cynthia V. Schulz 1,2 Director of Public Affairs
James G. Lubetkin Jennifer A. Cimperman
Civic Innovation Lab
Jennifer Thomas Program Director
Nichelle N. McCall Program Coordinator
Public Relations Officer
Neighborhood Connections
Scott P. Tennant
Thomas E. O’Brien
Public Relations Officer
Program Manager
Tara P. Jefferson
Cynthia A. Lewis
Public Affairs Associate
Program Assistant
Debra A. Thornsberry Public Affairs Assistant Human Resources
Kathleen L. Stecky2
Scholarship Officer
Director of Human Resources
Karen M. Sayre
Monica K. Brown
Donor Relations Officer
Human Resources Manager
Lemuel E. Stewart
Denise R. Campbell
Fund for Our Economic Future
Brad Whitehead President
Laura Steinbrink Director of Regional Partnerships
Chris C. Thompson
Floating Administrative Assistant
Director of Marketing, Communications and Civic Outreach
Gift Planning Associate
Administration
Michael Shafarenko
Donna C. Johnson
Leslie A. Dunford 1,2
Donor Relations Officer
Jennifer R. Rudolph
Operations Administrator
Fund Coordinator
Angela Maldonado
Linda F. Gersten
Vice President for Corporate Governance and Administration
Gift Planning Assistant
Janet M. Carpenter
Joan R. Cerne
Administrative Services Manager
Literacy Cooperative
Donor Relations Assistant
Darlene A. Eden
Traci M. Douglas
Robert Paponetti
Administrative Services Manager
Executive Director
Donor Relations Assistant
Pamela F. Jaffe
Evon Glass
Omobola Lana
Assistant Corporate Secretary
Program Director
Lake-Geauga Assistant
Laura Lash
Maureen F. Forrest
Administrative Services Assistant
Erika Mason Program Assistant
Scholarship Assistant
Gail Stachnik Receptionist
Angeline E. Brlas Program Assistant
J.T. Mullen 1,2
Information Systems
Program Assistant
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
James T. Bickel 2
Rennae M. Coe
Kathy S. Parker
Program Assistant
Controller
Jamie A. McGuire
Mary Clare Donnelly
Linda P. Puffenberger
Program Assistant
Financial Analyst
Ciba Jones
Mary J. Clink
Program Assistant
Assistant Controller
Program Assistant
Suite 1300 Services is an affiliate of the Cleveland Foundation that provides support services to emerging nonprofits.
Senior Communications Editor
Finance
Sarah L. King 40 report to the community 2008
Gift Planning and Donor Relations
Records and Knowledge Manager
Annabel P. Bryan Brief biographies of the Cleveland Foundation’s board of directors can be found on our website at www.clevelandfoundation.org.
Records Technician
Ann Fairhurst
Program Director for Neighborhoods, Housing and Community Development
Director of Special Projects
Sandra Pianalto President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Joyce R. Wilson
India Pierce Lee
Lillian A. Kuri
Frederick R. Nance Regional Managing Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
Records Technician
Beth Darmstadter
Program Director for Education
Joseph P. Keithley Chairman, President and CEO, Keithley Instruments
Patty A. Takacs
Program Director for Arts and Culture
Helen W. Williams
Paul Dolan President, Cleveland Indians
Suite 1300 staff
Harold J. Garling Jr.
Director of Technology Programmer/Analyst
As of June 1, 2008 1
Officer
2
Management Committee
Fund Administrative Assistant
1422 Euclid Avenue Suite 1300 Cleveland, Ohio 44115 216.861.3810 www.clevelandfoundation.org